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    How do I take apart P300 LCD Panel?

    Discussion in 'LG' started by jglyston, Feb 9, 2011.

  1. jglyston

    jglyston Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'd recently started getting weird color streaks on my P300 LCD monitor,
    and now, the streaks are the only thing that shows up when I start the laptop.
    (No discernable images, just vertical streaks of colors)

    From what I know, this can be caused by either bad connections or hardware
    failure (graphics card, motherboard or LCD Panel).

    Since the P300's body is quite fragile, the LCD panel housing and body itself
    has become slightely deformed from all the usage.

    Thus, I'm hoping there is a connection issue.

    I took apart the body many times to switch out a dead intel wifi chipset,
    replace HDD with SSD, change out RAM, etc.

    However, I haven't the slightest clue on how to disassemble the monitor part.

    Anyone know how?


    BTW, this is the South Korea only version with the T9300 2.5GHz CPU and 8600m GS.
     
    jglyston, Feb 9, 2011
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Please try hook up your laptop to an external monitor first.
     
    namaiki, Feb 9, 2011
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  3. jglyston

    jglyston Notebook Enthusiast

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    Oh my bad, forgot to mention I already tested it out with an external monitor and it works.

    Hence I'm suspecting either cables or the panel itself.
     
    jglyston, Feb 9, 2011
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    jglyston Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anybody?

    I know for a fact that there is nothing wrong with Motherboard/GPU.

    I connect it to a monitor or TV via VGA cable, and I can access and run things fine.
    The panel on the laptop itself is giving me either a black illuminated screen or
    a screen full of color streaks.
     
    jglyston, Feb 10, 2011
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    Usually you go for the screws on the bezel which are hidden under small sticky rubber shapes.

    Then you pry the bezel off. You wont break anything. Seriously you will be afraid of breaking something but pry harder. The only thing at risk is the bezel itself.
     
    niffcreature, Feb 11, 2011
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    genjix_, Feb 12, 2011
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    You mean to take the casing off the screen? Just have a crack at it. I'm sure once you've taken apart the main laptop casing, that the monitor should be OK.
     
    genjix_, Feb 21, 2011
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